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A second volume of music from the Conductus repertory—the least-known genre of medieval music—performed by three singers who combine expert knowledge of the music with voices of unearthly beauty.» More

God ordained that nature Be bound by fixed laws, And that from such prescribed formulae It would be impossible To go beyond nature Or return within (the limits of nature) of one’s own accord; But by these chains the creator Of these laws was unwilling to be bound, He who in turn takes away or gives To nature what he wills; Thus to our age, therefore, He willed himself to be born mortal, Because he was manifest eternally.

Assuming flesh from a virgin, He lays bare a triple mystery: He takes on mortality from man, When the child comes forth; He is shown to be of the spirit, Because without a father’s seed, Because he has no beginning, He holds the eternal throne. The virgin bears a son, In the open, without cover, Yet preserving her healing powers, Because he is the salvation of all.

Let us bless the Lord. He comes into the earth, He who rules all things, And rejected he leaves, Powerful beyond all the kings of earth, Making himself empty, Obedient unto his father, Humbly he follows, That thus he might be equal to the humble, Making himself known to man; Because the gate of heaven is closed And hell lies open To those proudly resisting, And seeking themselves beyond him, God powerfully And humbly redeems Them from the Egyptian basket; For this end of servitude, Let us bless the Lord.